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1/25/2016
<br /> the findings stated herein, the City Council hereby finds that: (1) there exists a current
<br /> and immediate threat to the public health, safety, and welfare requiring this interim
<br /> Urgency Ordinance; (2) this Ordinance is necessary for the immediate preservation of
<br /> the public peace, health, and safety as set forth herein; and (3) hereby declares and
<br /> imposes a temporary moratorium for the immediate preservation of the public health,
<br /> safety and welfare as set forth below:
<br /> A. No marijuana cultivation facility or commercial cannabis activity may be
<br /> established, operated, commenced, opened, or initiated in any zoning district in the City
<br /> of Redwood City.
<br /> B. No use permit, site development permit, tentative map, parcel map,
<br /> variance, grading permit, building permit, building plans, zone change, business license,
<br /> or other applicable permit will be accepted, approved, or issued for the establishment of
<br /> a marijuana cultivation facility or commercial cannabis activity.
<br /> C. As used in this Ordinance, the following definitions apply:
<br /> 1 "Commercial cannabis activity" shall have the meaning set forth in
<br /> Business and Professions Code section 19300.5(k).
<br /> 2. "Cultivation" means any activity involving the planting, growing,
<br /> harvesting, drying, curing, grading, or trimming of marijuana.
<br /> 3. "Marijuana" means all parts of the plant Cannabis, whether growing
<br /> or not; the seeds thereof; the resin extracted from any part of the plant; and every
<br /> compound, manufacture, salt, derivative, mixture, or preparation of the plant, its seeds
<br /> or resin. It includes marijuana infused in foodstuff, and concentrated cannabis and the
<br /> separated resin, whether crude or petrified, obtained from marijuana. It does not include
<br /> the mature stalks of the plant, fiber produced from the stalks, oil or cake made from the
<br /> seeds of the plant, any other compound, manufacture, salt, derivative, mixture, or
<br /> preparation of the mature stalks (except resin extracted therefrom), fiber, oil, or cake, or
<br /> the sterilized seeds of the plant that are incapable of germination.
<br /> 4. "Marijuana cultivation facility" means any business, facility, use,
<br /> establishment, property, or location where the cultivation of marijuana occurs.
<br /> D. Any use or condition caused or permitted to exist in violation of any of the
<br /> provisions of this Ordinance shall be and is hereby declared a public nuisance and may
<br /> be abated by the City pursuant to the procedures set forth in Article 50 of this Code.
<br /> SECTION 4. Effective Date and Duration. Pursuant to Government Code
<br /> section 65858(b), this Ordinance shall take effect immediately but shall be of no further
<br /> force and effect 45 days from its date of adoption unless the City Council, after notice
<br /> and public hearing as provided under Government Code section 65858(b) and adoption
<br /> ATTY/ORD.420/MORATORIUM ON MARUUANA CULTIVATION FACILITIES Ord.2419
<br /> REV:01-21-16 RL FORMERLY MUFF#301
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